Nola Muller

Born 1949 in CapeTown

When an artist loves nature as Nola Muller does, there will be a sincere connection with the land. She has portrayed the wide open spaces of the Kalahari in her large watercolors; and illustrated the ways of the first people in her ” trancedance” acrylics. Recently she has traveled in the Namaqualand region, taking in the atmosphere of the relaxed back yards where the washing flaps in the wind and dogs wait patiently. Scant furniture is scattered in the yard. Time passes slowly, change is gradual and the old ways persist.

Today Nola uses oils, her brushwork is loose, the paint is thick and buttery, her palette warm and earthy. In her work we see a strutting peacock cast a shadow on the crudely plastered barn wall and a milk bucket is covered from flies. These works celebrate the fragile but enduring lives of the people.

Solo – Exhibitions:

1976 IN-FIN-ART ~ CAPE TOWN

1978 CAPE GALLERY ~ CAPE TOWN

1979 CAPE GALERY ~ CAPE TOWN

1980 CAPE GALLERY ~ CAPE TOWN

1981 KUNSTKABINET ~ WINDHOEK

1981 CAPE GALLERY ~ CAPE TOWN

1982 CAPE GALLERY ~ CAPE TOWN

1983 CAPE GALLERY ~ CAPE TOWN

1985 CAPE GALLERY ~ CAPE TOWN

1986 OFFICE DU TOURISME ~ FRANCE

1987 CHELSEA GALLERY ~ CAPE TOWN

1994 CONSTANTIA VILLAGE ~ CAPE TOWN

1996 CARMEL ART ~ CAPE TOWN

1997 THE MUSCHEL ~ SWAKOPMUND

1999 “ARTS-INTER” ~ FRANCE

2001 CAPE GALLERY ~ CAPE TOWN

2002 SPRING SHOW ~ HOUT BAY

2003 ASSOCIATION OF ART ~ PRETORIA

2006 RED THE GALLERY ~ STEENBERG

2008 CAPE GALLERY ~ CAPE TOWN

2009 CAPE GALLERY ~ CAPE TOWN

2010 FINE ART GALLERY ~ SWAKOPMUND